Ghostrunner

Ghostrunner
Ghostrunner	2020
Ghostrunner 2	2023

Ghostrunner is a first-person action game with parkour elements set in post-apocalyptic cyberpunk setting.

The release of the game was preceded by multiple periods where different demo builds of the game were made available, allowing players to try the game for themselves and give feedback to the developer, which was then used to further improve the game.^[3] The game was released as planned on October 27, 2020, on Epic Games Store, GOG, and Steam and was met with very positive reception from players and critics, although some people found its high difficulty and trial and error gameplay frustrating.

Due to the feedback gathered during demo periods, most known game crashing bugs have been fixed, and options such as an FOV slider and the ability to unlock FPS have been added prior to the game's launch.^[3] The game was one of the first titles to implement DirectX raytracing. It also supports Nvidia's DLSS technology.

General information

Publisher Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Complete Edition also available. An optional Epic Games account prompt may appear on the first boot.^[4] DLC requires Epic Games Launcher.
GamersGate		Complete Edition also available.
		Complete Edition also available.
GOG.com		Complete Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Complete Edition also available.
Humble Store		Complete Edition also available.
Steam		Complete Edition also available.

Demo

A demo is available from GOG.com, Epic Games Store and Steam (Direct installation link for Steam demo).

Version differences

Pre-orders through Epic Games Store, GOG, and Steam granted katana sword variations exclusive to each store.^[5]

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	The Project_Hel DLC includes a new player character, missions, enemies and weapons.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Skins offered as inexpensive DLC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Winter Pack
Metal Ox Pack
_Neon Pack
Halloween Pack
Project_Hel

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete videos^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Ghostrunner\Content\Movies.
Delete or rename GR_TRAILER_Demo.mp4 and SplashScreen.mp4.

Notes:

A game update will likely restore the files.

Game data

Gameplay settings

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Ghostrunner\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1139900/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Ghostrunner\Saved\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1139900/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Bound to Texture Quality setting.^[6]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.0, FSR 1.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)		Features NVIDIA RTX Shadows, Reflections and Ambient Occlusion

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Input settings

Keyboard bindings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Nine presets and custom.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Can be manually selected in settings.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts		Can be manually selected in settings.
Light bar support
Connection modes	USB, Bluetooth

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller presets: Bumper Jumper / Bumper Jumper Tactical
Controller presets: Bumper Jumper Alt / Bumper Jumper Alt Tactical
Controller presets: Classic / Classic Tactical / Classic Alt
Controller presets: Vanguard / Vanguard Tactical
Custom controller bindings

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				Fan voice-over by «GamesVoice», download
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Ukrainian				Added in june 28th patch.

Issues fixed

Alleviate or eliminate shader compilation stutter

Force enable shader preloading^{[citation needed]}

Massively improves framepacing during gameplay and alleviates most stutters caused by shader compilation.

Doesn´t work with the DirectX 12 version of the game. Can exacerbate level loading stutters as the cpu is utilized on all cores to 100% during the loading. The Shaders Cache has to be compiled again once a display driver has been uninstalled or updated due to the display driver´s shader cache being deleted/reset in the update/uninstall process.

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ghostrunner\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following text as a new paragraph at the bottom and then save the file.

[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
r.CreateShadersOnLoad=1

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	DirectX 12 is required to enable raytracing.
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Supports ASUS Aurora RGB and Corsair iCue.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz	Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	22 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 AMD Radeon RX 550 2 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 5700 4 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.2.0^[1]^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1139900/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1139900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Awesome games coming in 2020 and beyond - last accessed on 2020-01-02
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-03-08
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 FPS Unlocked, FOV Slider Added - Demo Update - last accessed on 2020-11-05
↑ Epic Store games you can play without the Epic Launcher - last accessed on 2020-10-27
↑ Ghostrunner Pre-Order Bonus for PC, Xbox One, and PS4 Revealed - last accessed on 2020-10-14
↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-30)

[3] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.2.0^[1]^[2]

[Proton_path_note-7] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1139900/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1139900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Awesome games coming in 2020 and beyond - last accessed on 2020-01-02

[engineversion-2] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-03-08

[DemoUpdate-4] 3.0 ^3.1 FPS Unlocked, FOV Slider Added - Demo Update - last accessed on 2020-11-05

[5] Epic Store games you can play without the Epic Launcher - last accessed on 2020-10-27

[6] Ghostrunner Pre-Order Bonus for PC, Xbox One, and PS4 Revealed - last accessed on 2020-10-14

[8] Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-30)

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Developers

	One More Level
	Slipgate Ironworks
Publishers
	All in! Games
	505 Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	October 27, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	82
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	Cosmetic
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Cyberpunk, Post-apocalyptic
Series	Ghostrunner